More eligible residents in Zambales province line up to get inoculated against COVID-19 (Photo courtesy of San Marcelino public information office)
SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — Some 171,541 residents or 41 percent of the eligible population of this province were already vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Monday, October 11.
Data from the provincial health office showed that 81,324 of these residents had already received the full dose of the vaccine while 90,217 residents were still waiting to get their second dose.
The vaccine recipients belong to the A1-A5 categories referring to health workers, senior citizens, persons with comorbidity, essential workers, and indigents.
Healthcare workers have been administering Sinovac, Astrazeneca, Moderna, Sinopharm, Pfizer, and Janssen vaccines to the residents.
The province needs to inoculate 413,000 residents or 70 percent of its 590,800 population to achieve herd immunity.